Arrays of microscopic magnetic traps for cold atoms and their applications in atom optics

A single microscopic magnetic trap for neutral atoms using planar current-carrying wires was proposed and studied theoretically by Weinstein et al.In this paper,we propose three structures of composite current-carrying wires to provide 1D,2D and 3D arrays of microscopic magnetic traps for cold alkali atoms.The spatial distributions of magnetic fields generated by these structures are calculated and the field gradient and curvature in each single microtrap are analysed.Our study shows that arrays of microscopic magnetic traps can be used to provide 1D,2D or 3D atomic magnetic lattices,and even to realize 1D,2D and 3D arrays of magneto-optical traps,and so on.     

Single layer atom chip for magnetically trapping one-dimensional array of ultracold atoms

<正>We propose a wire configuration to create a one-dimensional(1D) array of magnetic microtraps for trapping ultracold atoms.The configuration is formed by replacing the central part of the Z-wire pattern with a zigzag wire. We simulate the performance of this pattern by the finite element method which can take both the width and depth of the wire into consideration.The result of simulation shows that this configuration can create magnetic microtraps which can be separated and combined by changing the bias magnetic field.We manage to split the Z-wire trap and prove that a similar result can occur for the new wire configuration.The fabrication processes of the atom chip are also introduced.Finally we discuss the loading method.     

Rydberg原子的微波电磁感应透明-Autler-Townes光谱

主要研究了室温下微波场缀饰的铯Rydberg原子的电磁感应透明-Autler-Townes(EIT-AT)光谱.首先,以铯原子6S_(1/2)→6P_(3/2)→50S_(1/2)形成阶梯型三能级系统,利用强耦合光作用于6P_(3/2)→50S_(1/2)的Rydberg跃迁,弱探测光耦合基态跃迁6S_(1/2)→6P_(3/2)并探测由耦合光形成的电磁感应透明(EIT)效应.然后,以频率为30.582 GHz的微波电场耦合相邻的Rydberg能级50S_(1/2)→50P_(1/2)产生微波AT分裂.利用Rydberg EIT探测微波耦合相邻Rydberg能级产生的AT分裂,形成EIT-AT光谱,进而实现微波电场的测量.当微波场的强度增加到一定值时,EIT-AT光谱表现为多峰光谱结构.分析EIT-AT多峰光谱的成因,发现这主要是由场的不均匀性导致的,一定的EIT-AT光谱特征对应于特定的非均匀场分布.研究表明,利用Rydberg EIT-AT光谱可以实现微波电场的测量,利用其光谱特征可实现微波场的实时监测,进而提出了一种提高微波场空间分辨率的测量方法.     

利用原子芯片上Z形磁阱囚禁中性87Rb原子

利用解析和数值方法计算了Z形磁阱的囚禁势，发现当囚禁中心和芯片表面距离较远时(该距离和Z形线中部导线的一半长度相差不超过一个量级)，势阱的深度不能近似表示成偏置磁场B_y对应的能量，而要减去囚禁中心的势能高度；而增加B_y进行磁阱压缩到一定值时，势阱深度反而会下降.此外介绍了原子芯片的制作方法，以及利用原子芯片上Z形磁阱囚禁中性⁸⁷Rb原子的实验装置和实验过程.最终有2×10⁶个⁸⁷Rb原子被转移到Z形磁阱中.     

双模相干光场与原子依赖强度耦合双光子过程的纠缠演化

分别应用量子约化熵和量子相对熵研究了双模相干光场与原子依赖强度耦合双光子过程中原子与光场之间及光场的模之间纠缠演化.结果表明,通过选择系统初态参数、控制原子与光场的作用时间,可以调控原子与光场间的纠缠和光场的模间纠缠.可增加或减弱双模相干光场间纠缠,但无法使双模相干光场完全退纠缠.强场条件下,可周期性获得光场与原子的EPR态和可分离态.     

双模相干光场与原子依赖强度耦合双光子过程的纠缠演化

分别应用量子约化熵和量子相对熵研究了双模相干光场与原子依赖强度耦合双光子过程中原子与光场之间及光场的双模之间纠缠演化.结果表明,通过选择系统初态参数、控制原子与光场的作用时间,可以调控原子与光场间的纠缠和光场的模间纠缠.可增加或减弱双模相干光场间纠缠,但无法使双模相干光场完全退纠缠.强场条件下,可周期性获得光场与原子的EPR态和可分离态.     

Automatic compensation of magnetic field for a rubidium space cold atom clock

When the cold atom clock operates in microgravity around the near-earth orbit, its performance will be affected by the fluctuation of magnetic field. A strategy is proposed to suppress the fluctuation of magnetic field by additional coils, whose current is changed accordingly to compensate the magnetic fluctuation by the linear and incremental compensation. The flight model of the cold atom clock is tested in a simulated orbital magnetic environment and the magnetic field fluctuation in the Ramsey cavity is reduced from 17 nT to 2 nT, which implied the uncertainty due to the second order Zeeman shift is reduced to be less than 2×10~(-16). In addition, utilizing the compensation, the magnetic field in the trapping zone can be suppressed from 7.5 μT to less than 0.3 μT to meet the magnetic field requirement of polarization gradients cooling of atoms.     

单原子冷却及光学操控的实验进展

文章综述了基于原子冷却与俘获的单原子制备及其光学操控的基本实验原理及实验进展,并介绍了单原子制备及光学操控在量子寄存器、单光子源、原子－光子纠缠等方面的应用,简述了文章作者所在研究小组在单原子制备和光学操控方面的实验进展.     

Demonstration of a cold atom beam splitter on atom chip

We report an experimental demonstration of a new scheme to split cold atoms on an atom chip. The atom chip consists of a U-wire and a Z-wire. The cold atom cloud is initially loaded and prepared in the Z-trap, which is split into two separate parts by switching on the current of the U-wire. The two separate atom clouds have a distance more than one millimeter apart from each other and show almost symmetrical profiles, corresponding to about a 50/50 splitting ratio.     

单原子冷却及光学操控的实验进展

文章综述了基于原子冷却与俘获的单原子制备及其光学操控的基本实验原理及实验进展,并介绍了单原子制备及光学操控在量子寄存器、单光子源、原子-光子纠缠等方面的应用,简述了文章作者所在研究小组在单原子制备和光学操控方面的实验进展.     

Relaxation dispersion in MRI induced by fictitious magnetic fields

A new method entitled Relaxation Along a Fictitious Field (RAFF) was recently introduced for investigating relaxations in rotating frames of rank ≥ 2. RAFF generates a fictitious field (E) by applying frequency-swept pulses with sine and cosine amplitude and frequency modulation operating in a sub-adiabatic regime. In the present work, MRI contrast is created by varying the orientation of E, i.e. the angle ε between E and the z″ axis of the second rotating frame. When ε > 45°, the amplitude of the fictitious field E generated during RAFF is significantly larger than the RF field amplitude used for transmitting the sine/cosine pulses. Relaxation during RAFF was investigated using an invariant-trajectory approach and the Bloch-McConnell formalism. Dipole-dipole interactions between identical (like) spins and anisochronous exchange (e.g., exchange between spins with different chemical shifts) in the fast exchange regime were considered. Experimental verifications were performed in vivo in human and mouse brain. Theoretical and experimental results demonstrated that changes in ε induced a dispersion of the relaxation rate constants. The fastest relaxation was achieved at ε ≈ 56°, where the averaged contributions from transverse components during the pulse are maximal and the contribution from longitudinal components are minimal. RAFF relaxation dispersion was compared with the relaxation dispersion achieved with off-resonance spin lock T(?ρ) experiments. As compared with the off-resonance spin lock T(?ρ) method, a slower rotating frame relaxation rate was observed with RAFF, which under certain experimental conditions is desirable.     

Reversal of coherent‐state spins in square magnetic nanodots induced by a magnetic microwave field

We study the coherent state excitation of spins in square nanodots induced by a magnetic microwave field. We present a new mechanism of spin reversal in nanodots. That is, the microwave field directly induces the reversal of the coherent‐state spins instead of indirectly through the magnetic vortex. We obtain the space distribution of coherent‐state spins in terms of a quantum theory, and calculate the time of spin reversal. This spin‐reversal process may be used to serve as a storage mechanism of binary information.     

Dynamic splitting and merging of an atom cloud on an atom chip

Chip-based atom interferometers bring together the advantages of atom chips and Bose--Einstein condensates. Their central prerequisite is that a condensate can be coherently split into two halves with a determined relative phase. This paper demonstrates the dynamical splitting and merging of an atom cloud with two U-wires on an atom chip. Symmetrical and asymmetrical splittings are realized by applying a bias field with dif\/ferent directions and magnitudes. The trajectories of the splitting are consistent with theoretical calculations. The atom chip is a good candidate for constructing an atom interferometer.     

Thermalization of neutrons on cold atoms in magnetic traps

A new method is proposed for cooling polarized neutrons by thermalizing neutrons in spherical and torroidal magnetic traps with elastic triplet scattering by cold, double spin-polarized, hydrogen atoms. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 9, 570–572 (10 November 1999)     

级联三能级原子与相干光场相互作用的场熵演化

研究了相干态光场与级联型三能级原子相互作用过程中场熵的演化特性,数值计算结果表明:场熵随时间的演化具有明显的振荡特性,并且受相干态光场强度|α|变化的影响,当|α|较小时随|α|的增大,场熵的平均值增大,当|α|大于一定值时,场熵的振荡演化出现崩塌和复苏现象,熵的平均值反而随|α|的增大而变小.     

Accurate calculations of the helium atom in magnetic fields

The 1 1 0 +,1 1 (-1) + and 1 1 (-2) + states of the helium atom in the magnetic field regime between 0 and 100 a.u.are studied using a full configuration-interaction (CI) approach.The total energies,derivatives of the total energy with respect to the magnetic field and ionisation energies are calculated with Hylleraas-like functions in spherical coordinates in low to intermediate fields and Hylleraas-Gaussian functions in cylindrical coordinates in intermediate to high fields,respectively.In intermediate fields,the total energies and ionisation energies are determined in terms of Hermite interpolation,based on the results obtained with the two above-mentioned basis functions.Calculations show that the current method can produce lower total energies and larger ionisation energies,and make the two ionisation energy curves obtained with the two above-mentioned basis functions join smoothly in intermediate fields.Comparisons are also made with previous works.     

GHZ类态原子体系与相干态光场相互作用的光场压缩特性

本文采用求解Schr dinger方程和数值计算的方法,研究了处于GHZ类态的三个全同二能级纠缠原子与相干态光场相互作用的光场压缩特性,结果表明:光场压缩量随时间的演化关系与三原子体系纠缠度和相干态光场的光场强度相关.在光场较弱、纠缠度较小时,可出现光场压缩现象;光场的增强或纠缠度的增加,都会使光场压缩现象消失.     

冷镱原子精密光谱的研究进展

文章简要介绍了冷原子精密光谱研究方面的重要进展,报道了作者所在课题组近年来在镱原子的激光冷却与囚禁、光晶格中冷镱原子的量子操控、冷镱原子钟跃迁谱的精密测量、冷镱原子光钟的闭环锁定和频率稳定性测量等方面所取得的最新研究结果,最后对光学原子钟的发展进行了展望。     

弱磁场下三阱光学超晶格中自旋为1的超冷原子特性研究

双阱光学超晶格中的超冷原子是近期冷原子物理领域的研究热点. 本文推广提出了实现三阱光学超晶格的方案, 并采用精确对角化的方法分别研究了弱磁场下对称三阱 光学超晶格中铁磁性和反铁磁性的自旋为1的原子系统的基态, 发现二者的相图很不相同: 反铁磁性原子对应的相图中没有沿磁场方向总自旋磁量子数为±2的基态, 而铁磁性原子对应的相图中可能有. 在负的二次塞曼能量区域, 铁磁性原子的相图中只有完全极化态. 分析了可控参数影响基态的物理本质. 由于这些量子自旋态可以通过调节外磁场和光势垒的高度非常简便而精确地控制, 适合用来研究自旋纠缠. 关键词： 三阱光学超晶格 自旋为1的原子 弱磁场     

微型光学偶极阱中单原子相干操控Rabi振荡的实现及其应用

文章综述了Rabi振荡的基本原理以及微型光学偶极阱中单原子相干操控Rabi振荡的研究进展,同时介绍了其在单光子源、量子寄存器、量子计算等方面的应用,并简要介绍了作者所在小组在微型光学偶极阱中单原子操控方面的实验进展.